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HOROLOGICAL TIMES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Executive Director's Message, By James E. Lubic 2 Linda Chrysler: Chairman Questions & Answers, By David A. Christianson 4 Chip Lim, CMW, CMC, CMEW Robert Ockenden, CMC Ask Huck, By J. M. Huckabee 6 Robert D. Porter, CMW Frank Poye, CW Letter to the Editor 9 Thomas Schomaker, CMW Book Review, By Robert Porter 28 Manuel J. Yazijian From the Workshop, By Jack Kurdzionak 32 AWl OFFICERS Jack Kurdzionak, CW: President Bulletin Board 35 Jim Door: First Vice President Frank Poye, CW: Second Vice President Affiliate Chapter Report, By John F. Kurdzionak 36 Alice B. Carpenter, CMW, CMEW: Secretary AWl New Members 39 Mark Butterworth: Treasurer Classified Advertising 44 AWl DIRECTORS Fred Burckhardt, FAWI Advertisers' Index 48 Ron DeCorte, CMW AWl Employee Directory 48 Wes Door, CMW, FAWI Henry Frystak, CMW Robert D. Porter, CMW Marshall F. Richmond, CMW EDUCATION Dennis Warner ETA SA 2003 Training Center 16 Manuel Jean Yazijian John Kurdzionak: Affiliate Chapter Director Education Update 40 Joseph Juaire: Research & Education Council Director AWl Evening Classes in Clock & Watch Repair 42 Tony Riggio, CMW: Industry Advisory Board Director AWl Home Study Course in Clock Repair 42 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Robert D. Porter, CMW AWl Bench Courses 43
FELLOWS American WatchmakeiS-Ciockmakers Institute Robert F. Bishop J. M. Huckabee SPECIAL INTEREST James H. Broughton Gerald G. Jaeger Fred S. Burckhardt Robert A. Nelson AWl's Annual Meeting ·July 31 -August 3, 2003 15 George Daniels Wes Door ERRATUM: "A New Face--Successfully Installing a Paper Dial" 21 Benjamin Matz *Henry B. Fried *Hamilton E. Pease Josephine F. Hagans AWl Industry Advisory Board Members 31 Archie B. Perkins *Orville R. Hagans William 0. Smith, Jr. Ewell D. Hartman Horological Association of Virginia Convention 37 Milton C. Stevens *Harold J. Herman AWl Directors' and Committees' E-mail Address Directory 39 *Marvin E. Whitney 'Deceased
fteorintjll!!and ~ n is prohibited without written ~rmission from the Ameri canW~t Chma kers-C i ockm a~ers Institute. Copyright ©2003 by the American ~Institute. COVER This month's cover features a Tavannes watch from the AWl-ELM Charitable Trust Orville R. Hagans Museum. President's Message Jack Kurdzionak, CW
One of AWl's major functions is to provide continuing education for its membership to keep them abreast of the changes in our industry. These programs have been made available to our members for many years under the aegis of Project Extend and its associated bench courses. Sadly, for the past several years our available bench courses have been under utilized. Certification of our membership is another major function of AWl. Sadly, this benefit has also been under subscribed by our membership for the past few years. The directors are acutely aware that our membership has not been taking advantage of these membership benefits and they realize that something must be done to assist our members with their needs for both continuing education and certification. The directors also understand that both of these goals are best achieved as an interrelated effort. That is, AWI can and should provide courses leading to the certification of its members in various disciplines pertaining to watch and clock repair in addition to our continuing education programs. To accomplish these goals, I have asked the Certification and Education Committees to formulate two new watch certification examinations and to outline the educational requirements for our members to be able to study, practice and become certified in current watch technology. AWl will continue to certify watchmakers who wish to study traditional watch making practices; the new certifications will address the needs of the marketplace today and in the foreseeable future. Once the committee work has been done to provide a framework, our education director, Jim Lubic, will be asked to implement these programs. I sincerely believe that the effort expended for our members will be amply rewarded by having a substantial percentage of our members' skills and knowledge certified in order for them to better compete in the market place of today and in the future. In addition to education and certification, AWI is concerned about the availability of spare parts for watchmakers. A recent article in a national jewelry magazine mentioned that the ETA group was going to limit the sale of spare parts and movements to some Swiss assemblers. Many AWl members immediately believed that this was another Swiss attempt to control the American watch repair business and these members expressed their outrage in our AWl Matters chat room. (Continued on page 27.) Executive Director's Message James E. Lubic, CMW
Last month I mentioned that the AWl Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting is sched uled here at AWl for the weekend of February 22 & 23, 2003. There has been discussion of late on the AWl Yahoo Group, "AWl Matters," regarding the lack of information coming from AWl, the board, and the committees, and whether or not members are welcome to attend such meetings. These meetings are open to all AWl members. AWl is your organization, and you are entitled to attend any meeting that we may be having, with exception of executive sessions. The only thing we would ask is that you tell us in advance of your arrival so we can make sure that the room is large enough, and we have enough chairs in place when you get here, otherwise we waste a lot of time making last minute accommodations. So, even though this is a last minute invitation, I would like to invite you to the Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting at AWl in Harrison, Ohio, February 22 & 23. If you can't attend we will post the minutes of the meeting on our website, or we can send them to you via the postal service. I would also like to announce the hiring of Gary Richards as the AWl-ELM Charitable Trust's Development Director. Gary is a past Executive Director of Main Street Harrison, Inc. He has experience in the not-for-profit world, grant writing, fund raising, and public relations. For those that aren't familiar with the ELM Charitable Trust, ELM stands for Education, Library, and Museum. The ELM Charitable Trust is a separate IRS 501(c)3 organization. Gary will be looking for grants and raising funds to support the soon to be expanded efforts of the ELM Charitable Trust. Gary will keep you informed of his activities on behalf of the Trust by updating his efforts in the HT. Gary's work will ultimately benefit AWl and its members. Gary can be reached at 1-866-367-2924, ext. 315, and his e-mail is [email protected]. Welcome Gary!
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Question Answer I have a customer with a clock Your clock was marketed by made by "W.L. GO" Company. He the William L. Gilbert Clock Company says it is about 9 feet tall and comes of Winsted (Winchester), Connecticut, apart in three sections. circa 1913; and is known as their I can't find anything on this. "Regulator No. 8". Do you have any information? James A. Campbell Lowell, NC
The same clock with a pin pallet escape ment and 3-jar mercury pendulum. Used as a clockmaker s regulator in a jewelry store, ca. 1913.
To my knowledge this cabinet was available with either a Swiss-made anchor escapement (like yours) or a high-precision Swiss-made pin-pallet escapement. The clock was also avail able with either a compensated lyre pendulum (like yours) or a 3-jar mer cury compensated pendulum. The mahogany case or cabinet sits on a separate base; and the cornice or top piece with the Egyptian head sits on top of the cabinet. The Egyptian motif was a popular style in architec ture and furniture at the beginning of the 20th century. I've enclosed a copy of a Gil bert catalogue page showing your clock which sold for $145 in 1913. David A. Christiansen, CMW, CMEW, Technical Editor
(Continued on page 27.)
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February 2003 • Horological Times 9 The Levers of American Striking Movements Part 1
David J. LaBounty CMC, FBHI
Introduction be nearly identical in "Part 1" and "Part 2". It American movement strike lever ar may be advisable, therefore, to have an Ameri rangements are a bit more complicated than can count wheel striking movement on hand they look. The first time I was asked to adjust to aid the reader in identifying the levers and one of these (and I'm quite sure I was set up) I their relationships while reading this material. was able, after a bit of bending and guesswork, to get the levers to cooperate and do what they History were supposed to do. During the course of try American strike levers have their roots ing to figure out just what they were for how in the strike work of English and European ever, I found myself adjusting in circles and timepieces. The changes that were made, as is getting more frustrated with each adjustment. often the case, were brought about by neces Unbeknownst to me, the movement I was sity. Those clockmakers who ventured to handed was one of those with which even the America in the eighteenth century were hard best of us has problems. The levers have to be pressed to continue their trade in a profitable adjusted just right or suffer the consequences. manner. They brought an intimate knowledge This exercise taught me the lesson that proper of the methods of obtaining a reliable striking lever adjustments are key to the reliability of process but unfortunately, the materials avail the movement. It doesn't matter how well the able to them for producing timepieces and rest of the movement is restored, if the levers strike work were costly, as they had to be im haven't received the proper attention there will ported. Only the wealthy could afford to own be problems with running, striking, or both. a striking clock in America in the eighteenth Over the next few months we will century and the number was so small many study two generic lever arrangements which, clockmakers turned to other trades. It was hopefully, will enable you to understand spe therefore a relatively short time before the cific or unique lever configurations and prop necessity for producing an inexpensive time erly adjust them with confidence even having piece brought about changes in the construc never seen them before. The first configura tion of movements. tion, most commonly found in eight-day move Eli Terry's patent in 1816 of an inex ments such as the Seth Thomas model 89's pensive striking clock movement shows the and others, has a stop/warning pin on the 4th ingenuity and adaptability of clockrnakers. wheel (see Figure 1). The hammer pins in this Terry found American hardwoods to be a configuration are on the maintenance cam (I) readily available, inexpensive material to re or 3rd wheel. The second configuration dis place the brass of the movements. This allowed cussed later in "Part 2", found in 30-hour and him to mass-produce timepieces which the some 8-day clocks, uses the maintenance cam common American could afford. Many (I) as the stop/lock and has the warning pin on clockmakers followed his example and over the butterfly. The hammer pins are commonly the next few years the profit in producing an found on the 2"d wheel (J). American clock was sufficient that an indus This work was designed to be a bench try was born. The levers of striking clocks side aid, which is why some information will became thin, inexpensive segments of soft steel
10 Horological Times • February 2003 Part 1: Warning Wheel as Stop Configuration B ~ c \ A - Stop Lever I F I B - Maintenance Lever c - Count Lever D - Lift Lever E - Warning Lever F - "J" Lever G- Hammer Lever H - Stop/Warning Wheel - Maintenance Cam J - 2nd Wheel K - Count Wheel
I .... L - Strike Release Pins G 'M M- Hammer Detent N - Hammer _....N
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Figure 2. Lever detail
wire, instead of the thick, flat pieces construction, as it was easy to produce dustry was producing at its peak and of wrought iron common to clocks of and adjust. Relatively few changes these levers will still be encountered the previous century. They were af took place in the construction, shape, in new clocks today. fixed to wooden arbors, easy to pro or function of American strike levers duce, and readily adjustable. They var over the next seventy years and it The Levers (Figures 1 and 2) ied slightly from manufacturer to wasn't until the 1920s that they once In order to discuss the levers manufacturer but still retained the ba again became flat pieces of steel remi we must first identify them and de sic form and function of their English niscent oftheir early English counter scribe their function. Note: These are counterparts. This is not to say certain parts. Instead of being cast, hand-made grouped according to the arbor to elements were not rearranged. One pieces, these levers were machine which they are attached. example is the innovation of relocat stamped out of steel sheets. The pro ing the strike release pin( s) which were cess was accurate enough that very A - Stop Lever: This lever stops the moved from the minute wheel to the little adjustment of the levers was re strike train by intersecting the path of rear of the center shaft. quired and, in fact, this style of lever the stop pin mounted on the stop/warn The invention of rolled brass was adjustable only by rotating it on ing wheel (H). in the mid-nineteenth century allowed the arbor. American clockmakers to return to pro Sadly, the American clock in B - Maintenance Lever: The function ducing clock movements out of stur dustry is now all but nonexistent and of this lever is twofold. First, this le dier material. The brass was thin, in no American striking clock movements ver maintains the clearances needed for expensive, relatively hard, and didn't are being mass-produced. Korea, the stop lever (A) and the count lever need to be imported. The strike levers China, and Japan are producing move (C) when continuing the strike process. were again affixed to steel arbors but ments with strike work virtually iden This allows the strike train to run until retained their soft steel wire tical to those the American clock in- stop conditions are met. Second, the
12 Horological Times • February 2003 maintenance lever (B), by dropping into the notch in the maintenance cam \ ./ I / (I) allows the stop lever (A) and count I I \ /// I lever (C) to fall into a stop/lock I \/ I position. I I L I I This lever the I C- Count Lever: counts I I strike by being held up until it falls into I I a stop notch on the count wheel (K). I ' I ' When the count lever (C) drops into a I ' ' ' ' deep or stop notch on the count wheel (K), the maintenance lever (B) is al G lowed to drop deeper into the notch on the maintenance cam (I) and the stop lever (A) drops far enough to catch the stop pin stopping the strike process. Strike will continue as long as the count // N lever (C) is resting on the rim of the count wheel (K) and not in a stop notch.
D- Lift Lever: This lever's function is Figure 3: Hammer arbor detail to lift the stop lever (A), maintenance lever (B), and count lever (C) so that the strike train is released from the stop position.
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February 2003 • Horological Times 13 E - Warning Lever: This lever catches the position of the hammer lever (G) 3. Conover, Steven G. "Chime and the warning pin (same as the stop pin so that it returns to the same place fol Strike," Horological Times. AWI Press, in this instance) and holds the strike lowing each hammer blow. This allows October, 1978- August, 1987. train until the precise point of strike the hammer pins to engage the ham release is reached. The short amount mer lever (G) in a consistent manner 4. Darnall, J.V. Restoration ofWooden of release (or run) and arrest of the and give a consistent strike. Movements and Cases: Repairs, Refin strike train just prior to strike is called ishing and Troubleshooting. 1970. warning. N - Hammer: This is the piece which contacts the bell, gong, etc ... 5. Eckhardt, George H. Pennsylvania F - "]" Lever: This lever, called the Clocks and Clockmakers. The Devin "J" lever because of its shape, could Adair Company, 1955. just as well be called the strike release L - Strike Release Pins: These pins are lever as its function is to release the attached to the center shaft and engage 6. Goodrich, Ward L. The Modern strike train from stop into warning and the "J" lever (F), lifting it to produce Clock. pp. 297 - 318, 9th ed, North from warning into strike at specific the release of the strike at a specific American Watch Tool & Supply Com times. It is also the means by which point. pany, 1970. the other levers are lifted into position for the coming strike action. Some "J" Next Month "Levers" continues with 7. Robey, John. The Longcase Clock levers are designed to allow the minute "Working Together." Reference Book. pp. 217 - 251, hand to be turned backwards. These are Mayfield Books, 2001. generally flattened on the end and twisted in such a way to allow the strike Resources and Additional 8. Samelius, W. H. Watch & Clock release pins (L) to force the "J" lever Reading Information Please!. pp. 93 - 100, (F) out of the way and pass by when 1. Special "Thank You!" to Jerry Faier, Compiled and Edited by Orville R. turned back. CMC for his training, expertise, and Hagans, CMW, CMC, FAWI, FBHI, input. FNAWCC, AWl Press, 1981. G - Hammer Lever: This lever raises the hammer (N) and releases it to pro 2. Baier, Joseph G. et al. Questions and 9. Smith, Eric. Striking and Chiming duce a blow or strike on a rod, gong, Answers of and for the Clockmaking Clocks. David & Charles, 1995. or bell. Profession. pp. 44-53,93, 3ro ed., AWl 0 Press, 1988. M- Hammer Detent: This pin stops the hammer's recoil motion and maintains
YOUR EDUCATION DIDN'T END ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
It continued when you joined AWl. For many professional watch and clockmakers, AWl is the after-school training offering courses that allow members to keep abreast of the latest information and trends. Through these educational offerings, AWl fills the gap in technical education.
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF AWl MEMBERSHIP!
14 Horological Times • February 2003 Mark Your Calendar! AWl's Annual Meeting - July 31 -August 3, 2003
AWl's 43rd Annual Meeting will be held at the Hilton Greater Cincinnati Airport Hotel on July 31, 2003 to August 3, 2003. Last year's convention was a rewarding experience for the attendees. They were able to learn first-hand about Modern German Clock Movements from Mark Butterworth; Clock Escapements from Laurie Penman; Lever Escapements from Jim Lubic, CMW; Patents as a Technical Resouce for Watchmakers & Clockmakers from Dr. Matthew Clark; How to Make Money Fixing Watches and Clocks from Jack Kurdzionak, CW; and about the Home Service of Floor Clocks from Jerry Faier, CMC. You needn't miss out en tirely on the 2002 meeting since videos of the presentations can be purchased for $30.
Expect a quality educational program again this year and plan to attend all of the convention events or the Saturday education program on August 2, 2003.
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February 2003 • Horological Times 15 ETA SA 2003 Training Center: Learning About Watchmaking
ETA SA, a company of the Swatch Group, is con explains how to perform maintenance operations, make solidating its educational and training services for the settings and use the specific functions of the particular watchmaking industry. Backed by its sound experience in movement. the field of quartz and mechanical movements, ETA of The ETA SA 2003 advanced training program is fers a wide range of watchmaking courses designed for organized as follows: professionals. The diversity and high technical content of • Course in quartz movements (A1) for watchmakers products today require a new knowledge of their working and repairers principles. In the watchmaking industry, learning has be • Course in Autoquartz movements and technology and come a continuous process rather than an occasional event. in the new products launched on the market by ETA The training offered by ETA SA for many years in 2002 (A2) has once again proved a great success. Just under 6,000 • Course on mechanical and quartz chronographs (A3) watchmakers have attended courses at the Grenchen Train • Individualized courses for technical, commercial and ing Center or through decentralized instructors. This pro sales personnel (A5) gram has been implemented in partial cooperation with • Course on the maintenance of mechanical non-chro watchmaking brands and watchmaking schools at inter nograph movements (A 7) national level. This cooperation sustains ETA SA in its • Advanced technical training seminars (familiarization determination to offer training of a very high standard to with mechanical and quartz products) intended for cover the needs of its customers and watchmakers on the commercial, administrative and sales personnel (D1). global market. To support these courses, ETA SA now offers the Courses at the ETA SA Training Center can be first commercially available interactive concept in watch given in French, German, English, Italian or Spanish by making training known as ETASwissl @b. Based in 2002 training personnel from Grenchen. Decentralized instruc on the ETA 7750 calibre, these CD-ROMs are proving a tors extend the available range of languages to include huge success. In the next few months, the Grenchen manu Portuguese, Greek and all the Scandinavian languages. facturer will be launching the same system for the There can be no doubt that the success achieved by the Autoquartz ETA 205.911 calibre (self-winding quartz ETA Training Center in 2002 will be even greater in 2003 movement) and the ETA 251.471 calibre (small-sized thanks to the range of courses offered and the new teach quartz chronograph movement). ing techniques which are used. For the record, the ETASwissl@b system is ca pable of providing technical information about special Contact: calibres and, in particular, the most complicated move ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse Training Center ments. This tool takes the form of a CD-ROM based on Bahnhofstrasse 9 e-learning (computer-assisted training) technology. It is 2540 Grenchen intended primarily for qualified watchmakers, technical Switzerland centers, instructors, watchmaking schools and other pro Tel. +41 (0)32 655 27 72 fessionals in the industry at the international level. The Fax. +41 (0)32 655 71 74 material is self-descriptive, interactive and easy to use: it E-mail: [email protected] shows the specific workings of each movement and Internet: http://www.eta.ch 0
16 Horological Times • February 2003 ETA TECHNICAL TRAINING 2003
Designation Type of Participants Duration 2003 Dates Language Place Course
Basic course Watchmakers & 3Y2 days March 31-April 3 English ETA Grenchen (whole range Repairers (who A1 of ETA products, would like to except for the learn the basic chronographs) knowledge of the quartz products)
Course on Watchmakers & 3 days April22-24 English ETA Grenchen Autoquartz Repairers (who products and wish to discover latest ETA the Autoquartz A2 movements and the latest ETA products)
Specialization Watchmakers 3Y2 days June 23-26 English ETA Grenchen course (on ETA & Repairers mechanical (who followed a and quartz basic course A3 chronographs) and wish a specialization course on chronographs)
Individualized • Watchmakers Variable As requested English As requested course (for & Repairers (according to (minimum technical and • Sales & program) number of administration Administration participants for AS personnel, Personnel the organization organized on of a course: 5) request)
Course on Watchmakers & 3Y2 days September 22-25 English ETA Grenchen mechanical Repairers watches (on the (who wish to A7 whole range of refresh their ETA mechanical knowledge on products, without the servicing of chronographs) mechanical watches)
Technical Sales & 1 day on request English ETA Grenchen training semi- Administration nar (product Personnel 01 knowledge on mechanical and quartz watches)
February 2003 • Horological Times 17 The Modern German Clock Movement Part 31 Hermie Technical Specifications Mark Butterworth
Questions are often asked about various measurements with regard to mechanisms, some times to help identify a particular movement or series, to locate a part, to make a measurement, to match a movement to a dial, or to try to match an obsolete movement to one still being manufac tured. The catalogues from the various material houses supply a wealth of information and these are often an education in themselves. Also, the Hermie Service Manual which is available from several of the houses is very valuable. This is an attempt to summarize some of the most common and asked for information in one place, but not necessarily in the order of importance!
The various series are best summarized by plate size to describe the various parts as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Additional often asked information For pendulum clocks the beat rate measured in beats per minute is stamped on the back under the em# .
The stated pendulum length is based on a theoretical calculation, but is approximately the distance from the suspension post to the rating nut.
130,131,132 Plate Diameter 90 mm 130 Series:
Plate size: 90 mm
Between plates: 21.1 mm lower, 10.6 mm upper
Balance rate: 10,800 bph platform
8 c 18,000 bph ship strike "Swiss" plat 0 0 form 132 Series
Handshaft lengths: 25.7 mm, 28 mm
AB = 31 mm Key size: 3 mm BC = 49mm
Figure I. Winding arbor configuration for the 130 Series.
18 Horological Times • February 2003 140, 141, 150, 151 Plate 89 mm x 98 mm 140 Series (14 day)/150 Series (8 day):
Plate size: 85 mm L x 98 mm H
Between plates: 32 mm A 0 Balance rate: 9,000 bph B c Handshaft lengths: 27 mm, 33 mm, 53 mm 0 0 Key size: 4 mm
AB = 33 mm BC = 56mm
Figure 2. Winding arbor configuration for 140 Series/150 Series.
340,341 Plate 100 mm x 100 mm
340 Series:
A Plate size: 100 mm x 100 mm 0 Between plates: 32 mm B D c Balance rate: 9,000 bph 0 0 0 Handshaft lengths: 27 mm, 33 mm, 53 mm
Key size: 4 mm AB = 43 mm AC = 25mm BD = 83mm
Hand Shafts 1 = 27 mm long 0 = 33 mm long 3 = 53 mm long
Figure 3. Winding arbor configuration for 340 Series.
February 2003 • Horological Times 19 350,351,1050,1051 Plate 120 mm x 120 mm 350 Series (Westminster chime only) 1050 Series (triple chime):
Plate size: 120 mm x 120 mm
A Between plates: 32 mm
0 Balance rate: 9,000 bph B c D Handshaft lengths: 27 mm, 33 mm, 53 mm 0 0 0 Key size: 4 mm
AB = 48 mm AC = 30 mm BD = 93 mm
130 & 13L Series 1 = 25.7 mm 0 = 28 mm
Figure 4. Winding arbor configuration for 350 Series/1050 Series
Handshaft length is measured from the front plate to the tip.
Seatboard screws are 3 mm in diameter.
Those units with auto night off are designed to play last at 10:45 p.m. and resume at 7:00a.m.
The oil used at the factory is Etsyntha 859.
A lyre pendulum will always be longer than its corresponding wood stick pendulum for a given rated length due to a different weight distribution. Lyre pendulums also require a heavier time weight than wood stick pendulums.
All escape wheels of a given series have the same number of teeth regardless of pendulum length so that the same pallet assembly may be used. E.g. The 141, 241, 351,1051 series and all grandfather units use an escape wheel with 39 teeth.
The factory uses suspension springs of different thickness. Thicker springs will cause a pendulum to beat at a faster rate than thinner ones. The thinnest spring available for a given pendulum weight is the best one.
It is realized that this article is a different format and structure than is normally used. It is hoped that the reader will find at least one piece of useful information in its contents.
Final thought: "I'm not a has-been. I'm a will-be. "-Lauren Bacall 0
20 Horological Times • February 2003 Erratum: "A New Face - Successfully Installing a Paper Dial" by Edwin U. Sowers Ill, CMC, Horo/ogica/ Times, October 2002
Editor's Note: An error was made in the article "A New Face- Successfully Installing a Paper Dial" by Edwin U. Sowers III, CMC, Horological Times, Oc Pushbunon Kev for Omega Seamaster tober 2002, where presenting the author's selection of Cove Base Adhesive for dial gluing.
The first three paragraphs under 4. Dial Gluing on page 47 should read as follows: Stock No 592.180
4. Dial Gluing Price $19.95 Prior to applying the dial, be sure the pan is clean, ************* * * * * * * * free of dust, and smooth. If rust is encountered, removal Omega Helium Valve Kev of the rust and cleaning of the pan is required, application of a primer is desirable. This tool is used on Omega models with a helium valve There are many types of adhesives proposed for such as James Bond 300M series. dial installation. The ideal adhesive must allow for some shifting of the dial while positioning it, then when dry must securely attach it to the pan, and must not bleed ~ StockNo.592.182 ~ through into the dial. Contact cement, which is frequently Price $19.95 recommended, does well in permanently securing the dial, ~ does not bleed through, but does not allow for any shift ************* * * * * * * * ing of the dial for final positioning. This deficiency causes KIF Shock Spring Tool Kit major problems. I have had good experience with Henry Cove Base This kit makes KIF spring assembly and disassembly a simple operation. The set contains 3 tools for 160, 190 & Adhesive, shown by Figure 9. It is the adhesive used to 210 assemblies. Merely grip the spring and turn with little or secure plastic base molding in kitchens and bathrooms. It no effort. This will not scratch, mar or damage the spring. does allow for some movement, does not bleed through Replacement tips available. the dial, and securely attaches the dial when dry. 0 /_..,..~
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February 2003 • Horological Times 21 Technically Watches Pocket Watches and Their Maintenance Part 57 The 14 Size Waltham Chronograph
Archie B. Perkins, ©2003 (All rights reserved by the author) CMW, FAWI , FNAWCC, FBHI
The Waltham chronograph has a fine Figure 2 shows the upper side of the toothed mechanism which is different to other movement. The upper pivots of the sweep sec chronograph mechanisms. One difference is onds wheel, intermediate drive pinion, and that the teeth of the chronograph wheels are drive wheel are supported by a long bridge fas on beveled surfaces instead of being on the tened to the upper train bridge. CAUTION: outside edge of the wheels. Another differ Before the chronograph bridge is removed, ence is the levers in the mechanism are de be sure the power of the mainspring is let signed differently compared to the levers in down completely. When the screws for the the conventional chronograph. chronograph bridge are removed, there will be This Waltham chronograph does not nothing to hold the main train bridge in place. have a minute recording device, only seconds If the main train bridge needs to be held in place can be recorded. Its sweep second hand can after the chronograph bridge has been removed, be started, stopped, and returned to zero by then two full head 16-size Waltham case screws pressing on the crown of the watch for each can be used to hold the main train bridge down of these operations. The watch has a regular after the chronograph bridge is removed. second hand in addition to the sweep second Figure 3 shows the chronograph bridge hand. removed, exposing the chronograph mecha Figure 1 shows the dial and hands of nism. The names of the chronograph parts are the Waltham chronograph. The second hands shown in the illustration. Starting at the top of advance each beat of the watch or in one-fifth the illustration and going counterclockwise seconds. The dial scale for the sweep second around the movement, the chronograph parts hand is marked off in one-fifth seconds. are discussed.
Figure 1 Figure 2
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February 2003 • Horological Times 23 DRIVE HEART "WHEEL
BRAKE LEVER ' c:J
CENTER WHffi 8 AND PINION
Figure 4
The lower beveled side connects with the drive wheel and The operating lever spring. This spring holds the upper beveled side connects with the seconds wheel tension against the operating lever. to drive it. The seconds wheel lift spring. This spring goes The return to zero lever. This lever is a spring underneath the seconds wheel and is lifted up by the start lever that goes against the heart on the seconds wheel to and stop lever to cause the seconds wheel to connect and return the sweep second hand to zero. disconnect from the intermediate drive pinion. The start and stop lever. This lever is used to The seconds wheel. This wheel carries the sweep connect and disconnect the seconds wheel with the inter second hand. This wheel has the heart that is used to re mediate drive pinion to start and stop the motion of the turn the sweep second hand to the zero position. seconds wheel. The brake lever. This lever is used to hold the The Operation of the seconds wheel in a stopped position when the chrono Waltham Chronograph Mechanism graph mechanism has been stopped. Figure 4 is a drawing of the Waltham chronograph The operating lever. This lever is used to turn the mechanism. View A shows a top view of the transmission pillar wheel to operate the chronograph levers. In this gearing in the chronograph mechanism. View B shows illustration, the pillar wheel is hidden underneath the pil an edge view of the chronograph mechanism. lar wheel cap and cannot be seen. In View A, the drive wheel, intermediate drive The pillar wheel pawl. This pawl goes into the pinion, and the seconds wheel are shown as they work ratchet teeth of the pillar wheel to index the pillar wheel together to drive the sweep second hand. The drive wheel to each position of the pillar wheel. drives the intermediate drive pinion and the intermediate
24 Horological Times • February 2003 drive pinion drives the seconds wheel when the two gears The seconds wheel is driven by the intermediate are connected. The ratio between the drive wheel and the drive pinion when they are connected after the chrono intermediate drive pinion is 1:6 and the ratio between the graph mechanism has been started by pressing in on the intermediate drive pinion and the seconds wheel is 6:1. watch crown. In Figure 4, View B, the start and stop le When the drive wheel turns one revolution, the interme ver is in a position underneath the end of the lift spring. diate drive pinion turns six revolutions which turns the This has caused the seconds wheel to be lifted up out of seconds wheel one revolution. The fourth wheel pinion connection with the intermediate drive pinion. In other that the drive wheel is frictioned onto carries the regular words, the seconds wheel is not being driven at this time. second hand one revolution at the same time the drive This disconnection occurs in the stopped position andre gears are carrying the sweep second hand one revolution. turn to zero position. The chronograph mechanism is in a View B, Figure 4 shows the following parts and return to zero position in the illustration since the return how they work together to perform the functions of a chro to zero lever is against the heart on the seconds wheel. nograph watch. The brake lever must be clear of the seconds wheel when The drive of the chronograph gearing starts with the mechanism is started and returned to the zero the watch fourth wheel and pinion. The drive wheel has a position. bushing in its center with a hole that allows the wheel to When the chronograph mechanism is started, the be frictioned onto the fourth wheel pinion arbor. The up start and stop lever moves out from underneath the lift per pivot of the fourth wheel pinion is supported by the spring and away from the seconds wheel arbor. This al upper chronograph bridge while the lower pivot is sup lows the seconds wheel to go downward to connect with ported by the lower plate. the intermediate drive pinion under the pressure of the The drive wheel drives the intermediate drive pin seconds wheel tension spring. The tension spring is fas ion. The drive pinion is pivoted between a hole in the tened to the underside of the chronograph bridge and upper watch plate and a hole in the upper chronograph presses downward on top of the seconds wheel heart. bridge. The drive pinion arbor has enough end shake to When the crown is pressed to stop the chrono allow it to more or less float up and down in its pivot graph mechanism, the start and stop lever goes toward holes so it is free. the seconds wheel arbor and underneath the end of the lift
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February 2003 • Horological Times 25 spring. This action lifts the seconds wheel out of connec The Operation of the Start and Stop Lever tion with the intermediate drive pinion and stops the Figure 5 shows how the pillar wheel operates the mechanism. At the same time, the brake lever goes against start and stop lever. The pillar wheel has five pillars to the edge of the seconds wheel to hold the wheel in the move the levers in and out of connection. The pillar wheel exact stopped position. The brake lever leaves the edge also has fifteen ratchet teeth that are used to rotate the of the seconds wheel the instant that the chronograph pillar wheel to each position of the pillar wheel. In Fig mechanism is started by pressing the crown. ure 5, the start and stop lever is in the stopped position. The end of the lever is underneath the end of the lift spring and the nib on the lever is between two pillars of the pillar wheel. When the pillar wheel is turned until the nib goes up on a pillar, this will cause the lever to move away from the seconds wheel arbor and from underneath the lift spring causing the mechanism to start. The nib on the lever stays START AND STOP LEVER between the pillars for the stop and return to zero posi tions and stays on a pillar for the start position only.
RATCI£T_...... SECONDS WHEEL_ TEETH LIFT SPRING The Operation of the Return to Zero Lever PILLAR WHEEL Figure 6 shows how the pillar wheel operates the return to zero lever. The nib on the lever works on the pillar wheel to cause the lever to go against the heart on the seconds wheel to return the sweep second hand to the zero position. A pillar on the pillar wheel causes the re turn to zero lever to pull away from the heart when the nib on the lever acts on the pillar. The nib on the lever Figure 5 stays on a pillar for the start and stop operations of the mechanism. Then, when the pillar wheel is turned to the next position, the nib on the lever goes between two pil lars allowing the lever to go against the heart to bring the sweep second hand back to the zero position.
RETURN TO ZERO Figure 6 shows the lever in the return to zero LEVER I position. The Operation of the Brake Lever Figure 7 shows how the pillar wheel operates the brake lever. This illustration shows the nib on the lever acting on a pillar of the pillar wheel. The nib acts on a pillar for the start and return to zero operations of the
PILlAR WI£EL mechanism. When the mechanism is in the stop position, the nib will be between the pillars of the pillar wheel. Figure 6 This position allows the brake lever to go against the edge of the seconds wheel to hold the wheel in a stopped position. "Timers" will continue.
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Samelius, W. H. Watch and Clock Information Please. Cincinnati, OH: The AWl Press, 1981, p. 110.
Seibel, Emanuel and Hagans, Orville R. Complicated Watches. Denver, CO: Roberts Publishing Co., 1945, p. 82. 0 Figure 7
26 Horological Times • February 2003 Questions & Answers Answer carried with them. If requested in U.S., (Continued from page 4.) I reviewed the note and pic the watch could be ordered through tures regarding aforementioned watch. Bulova sales personnel. Here is some additional information. Larry Blanchard, CMW There were pictures of two 0 Question watches included with the note. One I am curious about my two watch is referenced above. The other, Bulova wristwatches. One is a standard similar in appearance, is an Accutron President's Message Bulova Accutron, railroad approved. model 214 with railroad dial. (Continued from page 2.) The other is almost its twin, Two questions came from the Jim Lubic and I have made some phone in that the dial and hands are exactly writer. Were these watches made as calls to watch parts distributors and the same design and color, yet it is a companion pieces to be sold together? Swiss watch company representatives. mechanical movement. As you can see, Answer, no. Other question, was the Their explanation of the news release it is marked: "Bulova, 23 Jewels, 214 pictured an electric watch? An is that ETA is protecting its trademark Transportation Special." The move swer, yes. in Switzerland by making certain that ment inside is engraved "CRN" for The 214 railroad grade was the assemblers who purchase ETA chronometer. sold in the U.S., a very popular watch. movements and parts clearly identify My question is just that I am It was one of the first wristwatches ap these movements as being an ETA wondering if Bulova purposely made proved for railroad service. product and not another brand. To this these models similar so that they could The 10BNCHR movement end they will be limiting the distribu be offered as a set, or some other pro was originally made for military use, tion to these assemblers in the Swiss motional gimmick. with a military dial. Circa of move market. We do not believe this will Rz-chard S. Reynolds ment, 1960. This movement has a have any effect upon the American Coon Rapids, MN function known as back function. That watchmaker. means when the crown is pulled out to 0 set the time, the second hand stops. Thus the second hand can be stopped at minute marker 60, then the crown is turned to set the hour and minute hand Plating Precious Metals Couldn't Be Easier! to current upcoming minute according Samson Technology Corporation to a master clock. When the second The Nation's No. 1 Supplier & Manufacturer Portable Gold Brush Plating Equipment & Solutions hand on the master clock reaches 60, Supplying the Watch Industry for Over a Decade the crown is pushed in to start the watch. In this manner, the watch is synchronized with the master clock. Additional notes: The CHR in model # denotes chronometer grade movement, a movement designed and factory adjusted to keep time within certain tolerances. These tolerances The Deluxe Platers Workshop $399 Comes complete with: Power Supply-UL approved , met railroad standards. Set of Anodes, Pen Plater, One ounce each of 24k Rose Gold, Sterling Silver, Nickel, Copper, Brass, Swiss companies and Elgin 15m Is 24k liqu id Gold for Pen Plater, Stainless Steel were marketing mechanical railroad Preplate, Alkaline Copper, 4oz of Chrome Stripper, Latex Gloves, Spray Bottle, Instruction Book & Toll grade wristwatches concurrently with Free Tech Support. the marketing of lOBNCHR. Bulova We have the LARGEST selectionofGoldsolutions. 24k,18k 14k, & marketed the 10BNCHR to offer a 10k Gold, Rose Gold, 18th Century Gold, Antique Green Gold, competitive watch, for those who may Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Sterling Silver Member of the American Electroplaters & Surtace Finishers have wished to purchase a mechanical Society, Inc., British Horological Society, NAWCC, SEMA, The British Watch & Clock Collectors Association, railroad grade watch, rather than American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute Accutron 214. The watch was marketed in Samson Technology Corporation 2240 SW 70th Ave., Suite E, Davie, FL 33317 Canada. It was available in U.S. but Tel: 954-916-9322 Fax: 954-916-9338 not shown in salesmen sample lines, E-mail: [email protected] MC MC or in the line books which salesmen VISA VISA AMEX 800-256-0692 AMEX
February 2003 • Horological Times 27 Book Review
Lapp & Flershem, Catalogue and Price List, Tools, Materials and Findings for Watchmakers and Jew - \- 1887. ------•.----=~ 1888. elers, 1887-1888. A reprint published by Greg's Clock Shop, 1336 Allentown Road, Lima, Ohio 45805. (419) C}ITRLOGUE fiND PRICE LIST 229-4349 .,
This 7" x 10", 279 page soft cover reprint of the Lapp & Flershem Tools, Materials and Findings catalog - of 1887-1888 offers the reader a fascinating look back in WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS. time at the tools and materials then being used by watch makers and jewelers over a century ago. ELECTRO- PLA'l'EUS' SUI'PLU::s , ELEC'l"RICAL GOODS, The Lapp & Flershem Company of Chicago, Illi SI>ECTACJ .. ES, nois was touted to be "The Busiest House In America." OPTICAL GOODS, CASES AND TRAYS. This catalog pictures everything from alcohol lamps, blow pipes, burnishers, engraving tools, dapping blocks, divid ers, crucibles, files, furnaces, freeing tools, gauges, grind Lapp & Flershem, ers, hammers, ingot molds, jeweling tools, watch and clock 77, 79 & 81 STATE STREET,
Wum . JtJo~LI':!:IIII'~LY Dlr.I'O'T keys, and a multitude of other hand-held and foot pow l'uJo lo:l'll1loTTIII~ol N&.vor.., •r Jorw•u:~~.o CHICAGO ILL. ered tools of all description. Of special interest to lathe collectors and watch makers is the section on Moseley lathes and accessories. This lathe was sold in eleven different combinations of hard and soft bearings, collets, arbors, filing fixtures, etc. ORIGINATORS OF THE NAMELESS CATALOGUE. Nine different chucks are illustrated, along with laps, ce "BUSIEST HOUSE IN AMERICA." ment brasses and face plates. Also illustrated is a univer sal head, slide rest, swing or jeweling rest, step head, half open tailstock, screw tailstock, and an unusual wig-wag for polishing staffs, pivots, shoulders and leaves of pin ions. Wheel cutting and pivot polishing accessories are also clearly illustrated. Three different sizes of the Whitcomb watchmak ers lathe, along with related attachments and accessories of Telegraphy will teach you how to send morse code. are also depicted. You could buy fourteen different com Notes on plating, and "plating recipes" is part of this book. binations of Whitcomb lathes and accessories back then. A large section of this catalog is also dedicated to watch, Swiss jeweling lathes, Jacot pivot lathes, center watch case, French clock, and music box materials. ing and drilling lathes are all illustrated in this catalog. Tools, Materials and Findings is a fascinating Three unusual watch case spring pliers by Bullock, Pale, catalog from long ago. If you enjoy collecting and using and Wale are pictured. Six different roller removers are tools, you will like this abundantly illustrated book. shown. Robert D. Porter, CMW Telegraph instruments, electro-plating, and grav Chairman, Book Review Committee ity battery supplies are included in this catalog. A manual 0
28 Horological Times • February 2003 The American Watch Guild announces the creation of the
International Watch Collectors Society The Society will provide its members with the following
• Calendar of major watch sales & auctions. Antiquorum, Christie's, Phillips & Sotheby's The previews of upcoming auctions. Reports: photographs, prices and auction results. • Announcements from significant watch firms of new releases and limited editions. • Information about emerging new master watchmakers and their creations • Establishment of regional chapters where the collectors can meet and have guest speakers from noteworthy watchmaking factories. • Question and Answer service by Stewart Unger, noted watch authority & author. • Annual meeting at the Concours d'Elegance at the summer Jewelers of America Show held at the Javits Center in New York. • A book club. • Plus Free Booklets: How to Buy a Watch (and its Functions) The Care and Service of Timepieces Where to Find the World's Finest Watches How to Detect a Counterfeit Watch
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Ben Matz, Years ago, man could discover his The Transceiver CMW, FAWI position on earth and the direction he was The transceiver receives radio signals moving by the earth's magnetic northern lines from the satellites and transmits them to the shown on a compass. The compass was indis watch. It is worn like an arm band and is ex pensable in exploration on land and in navi posed to the sky. gation at sea. Later a new element was added, the radio, and with radio signals from a relay The Watch station he could more accurately determine his The watch is water resistant, has an position and direction. INDIGLO, night light, a quartz crystal, and And now a fantastic innovation has an integrated circuit (microchip) which trans developed, the GPS, the Global Position forms it into a miniature computer. It also con System. It was devised by the U.S. Military. tains a tiny antenna which receives radio sig They shot up 24 satellites into the air which nals from the transceiver on the arm. revolve around the earth. They are equipped And this is What this incredible instru with radio transmitters and atomic clocks. ment does: beginning with the starting posi Radio receivers on earth, in planes, ships, etc., tion, it measures distance, speed and much obtain signals from the satellites so their posi more. For example, programmed into the tion, and direction are obtained with pinpoint watch, it records speed, average speed and accuracy. maximum speed. And now comes the new technologi cal advance, a Global Position System (GPS) This Is How It Works Watch, the Timex Iron Man Triathlon. For out First, in the outdoors with a clear view door activities such as running, hiking, ski of the sky you press a button on the transceiver ing, sailing, horseback riding, etc., it records: on your arm. It searches the sky for the satel position, distance, speed, and much more. lites and during the search its indicator light flashes red. When it completes the search it It accomplishes this with a transceiver and a flashes green. Now you are ready for read watch: outs on the watch.
30 Horological Times • February 2003 The watch contains a MODE button which records these modes:
Time Of Day Mode In this mode, in first use, the time is automatically set to Greenwich Mean Time, and then you set it to your own time zone. (It also, when necessary, automatically read justs to correct observatory time.)
Chronograph Mode Records timing.
Split Time Times the beginning and end of an event.
Lap Time Odometer Mode A segment of the event displays speed: speed, average Records the total distance of the event in miles or speed, maximum speed. kilometers. Stores memory. Alarm Mode Timer Mode Sounds the alarm you set. Counts down the time. 0
Recall Mode Discloses the information stored in the chronograph.
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February 2003 • Horological Times 31 From the Workshop
Jack Kurdzionak, CW
You Are Invited priced at about $130 making repair a viable Do you have a solution to a watch or option except in cases of severe damage. clock repair problem that you want to share Quartz testing equipment such as the with our membership? Do you have a ques Witschi Q-test 6000 is a must to service this tion about a repair problem you would like to movement. This movement can appear to be ask? I invite you to participate in this column mechanically OK by visual inspection and yet with your suggestions, questions, and com be a troublesome stopper. Even with all end ments. It's easy. Just e-mail me at AWl shakes and clearances checked and double
32 Horological Times • February 2003 3. Lubricate the pivots very sparingly with the best oil (ETA recommends Moebius 9030) you have available for a quartz movement. Grease the setting parts (ETA recom mends Moebius D-5) also very sparingly. HAMILTON DIAL 4. Supply current to the movement with your test equip .;~:-~ TQ' ! .- _,,J . Hamilton Montgomery style dial is made with . 1~: 11_.;;-,_ 1 9_··... , the old style high quality enamel with a sur- ment to assure yourself that this movement will run at ;;~ g 3:: face so smooth that your fingerprints won' t 1.30v or less (lower than this is better and attainable). ~- ~ • :.r _ .q,,:: adhere to it! 16 size for 992 and 9928, double This movement should run at less than 0.70 micro amps. -~•. c:- ...... ;.: sunk, red outer track, SWiss made enamel. -.: •• .# .... ;J..o • .... : ·:.. Quality that can't be beat. 5. Have the ETA service bulletin for this movement 036004 ...... $42.50 ea. available to you before you attempt to service this move BATTERY HATCH GASKETS Nifty assortment of 25 flat gaskets for battery CJ:(IID ment. Having this information available is just as impor hatch covers. Assorted diameters and sizes. tant to the repair as your hand tools and loupe. A quartz watch MUST! 012031 ...... $11.50 asst. 6. Use care when handling the main plate being careful SCALE not to distort it while being held in a movement clamp or • Max: 300g when fitting parts and tightening screws. AWI director, • 4 Modes: g, oz, dwt, ozt Manuel Yazijian, recommends the following, "obtain a • Graduation: 0.1g square block of hardwood 1.5'' x 2.0" x 0.5'' thick, drill a • Tare multitude of holes on the surface to allow clearance for •106.5x80x21 mm the center pivot. This provides you with a solid, as well as sturdy surface to work on."
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February 2003 • Horological Times 33 Of course, replace the cell. Many of these move ments were originally designed to run using the Renata 44 lithium cell, which supplied 2.10v. The newer ones and those with replacement circuits will run well on 1.55v supplied by a 346 cell. Servicing the ETA 201.001 is not impossible. It just requires more care and observation during its service than many others. Jack Kurdzionak
Checking the Oscillating Weight Several readers have asked me how to check the performance of the oscillating weight bearings found in automatic watches. I have not been able to locate the an swer in any manufacturers' literature or technical sheets. However, I met a Swiss-trained watchmaker, who has developed a simple and effective test he uses in his own shop, and has given permission to share it with our membership. He has determined that the time taken for an os cillating weight to stop moving after an initial impulse is directly related to its mechanical condition. He holds the oscillating weight by its central bearing above a watch, with a sweep second hand for timing purposes, and moves the weight 90 degrees from its rest position as shown in the first photo. When the second hand is at a convenient point on the watch dial he releases the weight and allows it to swing to and fro (see second photo) until it stops and then notes the time of stopping as shown in the third photo. Freshly cleaned oscillating weight bearings in good condition should allow the weight to oscillate for at least 15 seconds after its release. ETA Cal. 2892 weights with ball bearings will usually oscillate for up to 30 sec onds before stopping. Omega Cal. 1120 weights can os cillate up to 40 seconds while Valjoux Cal. 7750 weights fter will oscillate up to 60 seconds. This watchmaker recommends replacing the os cond cillating weight bearings that do not meet these minimum times. Although this method is not sanctioned by manufacturer's recommendations, it deserves consider ation by watchmakers servicing modem automatic mod els who should find it helpful to diagnose self-winding faults. Jack Kurdzionak 0
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34 Horological Times • February 2003 others for certain applications. It is L&R Model 728B BULLETIN called Pegna Glue and used to be sold Clock Movement Cleaner through Bergeon along with a kit that Greg Bourne, Omaha, NE, is looking BOARD included a small heater for curing it. It for a repair manual for a L&R Model was widely used by high-grade manu 728B solid state clock movement factures. cleaner ( 11-quart). NEW REQUESTS Zenith 17 Ligne Movement New Hermes Engravograph Watch Craft Crystal Catalogs John W. Swafford, Huntsville, AL, has CA300 Calligragraph Attachment Bob Ridley, Arlington, TX, is search a man's Cartier pocket watch with a Joseph Verruni, Plymouth Meeting, ing for Watch Craft Crystal Catalogs. 17 ligne Zenith movement. He is seek PA, is seeking information and oper ing help in identifying this movement. ating instructions for a Calligragraph ITEMS STILL NEEDED He needs a model number so he can attachment for his New Hermes purchase a balance staff. Engravograph. The Engravograph was Pegna Glue made by Richardson's, Berkley George Heights, NJ. Costantino, Schenectady, NY, Do you have information regarding this is trying to locate month's requests? Do you need information about one of this month's responses? If so, a heat reactive send your information or requests to: crystal glue he Horological Times Bulletin Board has used for years 701 Enterprise Drive Harrison, OH 45030-1696 and found to be Toll-Free: 1-866-367-2924, ext. 307 superior to all Phone: (513) 367-9800 Fax: (513) 367-1414 E-mail: [email protected]
Ye~lT 0 $19.5L1- One Year 0 $22.50- One Chronos Magazine Watch & Clock 0 $42.00 - Tw,, Years 0 $.)5.00 - Two Yl';ll"s 0 $60.0L)- Three Years IS published 6 ttmes 0 $50.00- Three Years Review is published Foreign subscribers add $10 per ~r year for the Fon•ign subscribers add$ 1(l p.;r 10 times per year and 'l<"ilf. (U.S . Funds dmwn from U.S. year. (lf.S . Funds rh•awn .from lJ .S. Js the mdustry's most· i,ank only) h11nk only) 1::1 Check or money Superman Was Not a Watchmaker John F. Kurdzionak For the modem business to specialize only at a few types of timepieces (of a certain in certain products or services, and to focus vintage, or technology), probably has at one on those things that it does best, is paramount time or another, tried to be "Superman" and to that business' success. do it all. Let's take some non-horological As skilled as many of us are, no per examples ... the "Burger Queen" fast food place son or shop can be everything to all people, does not try to earn profits by selling Filet Mi while still being the best it can be to itself. gnon or fresh caught, gourmet prepared Fixing everything that comes across the bench Gloucester seafood. And the restaurants that is not only next to impossible physically, but do specialize in serving that quality level do is foolish, in a business sense. Other businesses not provide burgers and fries served in paper. know this fact well. The MegaMarts do not attempt to sell expen The Ford dealership that services my sive, luxury consumer products. Likewise, the late model cargo van will not service my an high-end stores with high priced "everything", tique Toyota sedan. The Ford dealer knows its don't sell the inexpensive bargain products the market, and its shop's strengths and weak MegaMarts sell. The "Quickie Lube" one-hour nesses. Can the Ford dealer fix my Toyota? oil change and muffler shops don't attempt Sure it can. But it has the business sense not repairs or restorations on antique autos. The to. It is not proficient at it. A repair to my auto shops that are repairing and restoring Toyota, according to Ford, is what the Toyota these old, obsolete cars may not want to, or be dealer's for. Likewise, the Toyota dealer able to, do maintenance on more modem au wouldn't touch my new Ford. Could they fix tos. These above-mentioned example busi it? Absolutely. But it's not what they do, or nesses all know their abilities. are interested in doing. Simultaneously, they know their "in This specialization lesson is so simple, abilities," their specialties, and their target cus and so universal everywhere else in business, tomers. Put simply, they know what they do yet understanding it evades many a horologist best, they know the customers to whom they and watch/clock shop. Learning this hard-to are selling, they make money doing what they learn lesson takes time, but with that passing do, and they stay focused on what they do, of time, you will learn what to fix and what to without deviation. avoid, and you will stick to those things you're Horologists can learn much from these best at. other businesses, in terms of specialization and An indication that change may be nec profitability. For example, historically, it seems essary at your shop, might be your "backlog". that the watchmaker (or the clockmaker) has If a customer has to wait 6 months before you felt he needed to attempt repairs on everything can begin repairing his clock, perhaps you're that crossed his bench. This might mean that trying to do too much and should begin de he tried to fix everything from eyeglasses clining certain classes of work. You wouldn't to chiming clocks, from pocket watches to want to hear that the auto shop couldn't change metronomes, from jewelry to alarm clocks, and your muffler for 6 months, so what makes you from digital watches to antique chronographs. think your customer wants to hear that story The watchmaker (or clockmaker) regarding his clock? whose shop is set up for certain types of re Also, consider your working hours per pairs only, and who is perhaps truly proficient week. If you work every day, several nights, 36 Horological Times • February 2003 and most of the weekend, and never seem to earn enough money, perhaps you're not focused enough on what you should be repairing. Perhaps you need to be more selec BROACH ASSORTMENTS tive, just as other businesses mentioned here are quite se Five-sided broach assortments lective as to what they will do and will not do. An unprof made in Germany have a itable repair, once or twice a week, quickly consumes an regular taper and perfect finish. Six piece assortment entire workday or more, and makes you have to work more with plastic handles contains hours per week to make up for it. '----.---' sizes 46-72. Extra fine At our own watch and clock shop in Massachu broach set contains 12 broaches setts, experience has shown what to fix and what not to and miniature pin vise. fix. But in the beginning, many years ago, we, like so BR0-174.00 6pc $10.60 BR0-140.00 12pc $19.95 many others, tried to "do it all." For example, none of us on the staff knew any thing about jewelry, but our shop accepted jewelry re pairs. We contracted the actual repairs to a local jeweler, MINI TAP and DIE SET but the customers dropping off and picking up jewelry Screwplate with 14 taps for threading wire or re-threading stripped threads work in our store, and the paperwork required in keeping on screws. Sizes range from 0.7mm track of all the repairs, taxed our ability to repair watches to 2.0mm. and clocks. TAP-135.00 $21.90 There was an optical shop adjacent to our store, and despite this, would you believe how many eyeglasses we were called upon to repair? We accepted them, and repaired them. Spending time on these things took us away Primrose Supplies Inc. from what we really should have been doing, which was the repair of watches and clocks. www. info @primrosesupp/ies. com HOROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONVENTION RAMADA INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA APRIL 25, 26 & 27, 2003 President's Reception Hermie Black Forest Clock Factory Tour Clock and Watch Technical Sessions (Laurie Penman and Jack Kurdzionak) H.A.V. Annual Meeting Annual Banquet Members Auction Ladies Program For registration information, contact John Enloe (703) 425-1524 or by email at [email protected] February 2003 • Horological Times 37 I went over to the optician one day and asked him certainly not lead the public to believe it is capable of if anyone ever asked him to repair watches and clocks. doing so efficiently, reliably, and at competitive prices. When he replied "absolutely not, that's silly," I instantly That in-queue repair that's been on your shelf or realized the wisdom in his answer. Why was our watch in your drawer for 6 months or more waiting to get fixed and clock shop fixing eyeglasses? We were a watch and is not earning a profit for you. In fact it's costing you clock shop, not an eyeglass repair shop. He thought it was dearly. All it's doing is taking up space, and you're stor absurd that I asked him if his optical shop was repairing ing it and insuring it for free, and perhaps you've even watches and clocks, and I saw the absurdity of the watch lost a little sleep over it, knowing that you will have to shop interrupting its work flow by doing eyeglass repair. begin it pretty soon and that it will not be a pleasant re If we had fixed enough eyeglasses in a day, that would pair. Sound business practice, would be to fix these jobs mean we would have to work late to finish the watch and immediately and get paid, or, give them back unrepaired clock repairs. This is foolish business practice. at once, and avoid that type of work in the future. And as for timepieces, we were at one time "ex We can all learn a valuable lesson from other busi perts" on just about everything. If it told time, and was nesses. The MegaMart, the Quickie Lube, the gourmet manufactured within the last 300 years, with very few restaurant, and the Ford dealer... they all do just one thing exceptions we accepted it and quoted a price to repair it. each, and they do it well. None of them stayed in business But in doing our "Superman" type repair services on ev by trying to do that which is outside their area of spe erything from A to Z, we spent countless, irreplaceable cialty. Let the jeweler fix the jewelry, and the optician can hours attempting the impossible or the impractical. repair the eyeglasses. Do what you do, do it well, do it at Avoiding jewelry or eyeglass repair should be a competitive price, and do it for customers in a reason obvious, and are mentioned here with a touch of humor, able time frame. The benefits to you and your business but it is of vital importance for your watch or clock shop and your family's welfare will become apparent. to avoid repairs to certain timepieces. At our own shop, But most importantly, always remember that Su many repair attempts on timepieces were on items that perman didn't repair timepieces. As much as you want to could be done by us neither efficiently, nor at a profit. be Superman, let the timepieces with which you have little And some timepieces could not be repaired by us or no experience or proficiency be repaired by other shops. at all... in fact many times, countless hours were spent on Do not attempt to fix every timepiece ever made. Not only a difficult repair, only to have refunded the customer's will you disappoint customers with long delays and ques money because the repair was not 100% successful. Irre tionable results, but your home or your shop will be filled placeable time was lost attempting things that should not to the max, storing dozens or perhaps even a hundred re have been attempted. These jobs should have been de pairs that you are simply unable to repair well, or repair clined, and referred to others who are more efficient and in a timely fashion, or both. Pass them on to those who proficient at them. can do them better and faster than you can, and learn to If you fix modern watches or clocks regularly, avoid them entirely in the future. then why are you trying to fix something that's older and If you step outside your area of proficiency, do more obsolete than a Model T Ford, when something of so with the understanding that there will be little or no that nature comes along? If you want to stay in business, customer cash to compensate you for the countless, irre you have no business fumbling through a timepiece with placeable hours you will have spent. It will be your pay which you have little or no familiarity. A watch or clock check, your family's welfare, and your remaining time on shop should not attempt to provide service in any areas this Earth, that will be paying for all those low-profit and outside its area of expertise and proficiency, and should no-profit jobs that you're attempting. 0 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL AFFILIATE CHAPTER For information on forming a new chapter, call 1-866-367-2924, ext. 301 38 Horological Times • February 2003 New Members Alabama Massachusetts Texas Isbell, Anthony-Birmingham, AL* Marshall, Mark-Worcester, MA* Baldasso, Abel-Houston, TX* Townley, Richard-Gardner, MA Burnett, James P.-Longview, TX* California Lazo, Jose A.-Friendswood, TX* Anderson, Gibson-Saratoga, CA Michigan Lazo, Nelson-Friendswood, TX Brooks, Bill-Santa Monica, CA lgnatov, Alex-Novi, Ml Throckmarton, David-Austin, TX* Swensen, Melvin L.-San Jose, CA* New Jersey Washington Florida Laetsch, Peter-Ringwood, NJ Samboni, Aida-Seattle, WA Brito, Saul-West Palm Beach, FL * Jaymes, John B.-Labelle, FL New York Wisconsin Syrigonakis, Michael-Englewood, FL* Leo, Timothy-Rochester, NY Faulls, Samuel-Pewaukee, WI Wright, William J.-Laurel Hill, FL North Carolina Canada Idaho Ellis, Charlie W.-Archdale, NC* Buchan, Larry S.-Calgary, Alberta* Henderson, Christopher S.-Meridian, ID* Ohio International Kentucky Schwarz, Jim-Hamilton, OH Bates, Neii-Wanganui, New Zealand Conners, Terrance E.-Lexington, KY* Wunsch, Leonard-Geneva, OH Louisiana Oklahoma *AWl welcomes back these individuals who Phillips, Craig-Prairieville, LA* Schaefer, Paul-Tulsa, OK have chosen to reinstate their membership. 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Richmond [email protected] Technology [email protected] Dennis Warner [email protected] Membership [email protected] Manuel Yazijian [email protected] Publicity [email protected] John Kurdzionak: Affiliate Chap. Dir. [email protected] Honor Awards [email protected] Joseph Juaire: REC Director [email protected] Strategic Action [email protected] Tony Riggio: lAB Director [email protected] February 2003 . Horological Times 39 Education Update Laurie Penman The evening class season has started for individual organization for each group to again and this session we have three: Watch allow for the machinery that is available at the Repair, Clock Repair and Clock Making. The venue-I am not bringing our milling machine simple fact of having a new class increases in my car trunk! the numbers of course, but the two repeats from Those arrangements made, though, last year are up in numbers too - by twenty to and we can supply evening classes that meet thirty percent, which is very pleasing. the needs of members who cannot leave their These classes are, of course, taking work or workshops for daytime classes. There place at Harrison and I hope that there will be must be a need for this out there; please get large numbers of members in the rest of the together, decide what you want, when a group USA saying, "Why can't we have the same can get together, and where, and then we can here?'' Given the numbers, (a minimum of put it into being for you. eight) a venue and accommodation for the in The classes that we have in Harrison structor, we can set up a modified form of are, as I said, Clock and Watch Repairs-which evening classes in practically any state of the are much the same in content as last session, Union. (Hawai and Alaska pose problems but and Clock Making, which is new. I'm willing to go to a lot of trouble for the Two types of clock are being designed former.) and built by the class, a simple timepiece based The classes would have to be three, on a design that I already have and which can four or five days arranged consecutively, prob be easily modified for and by individual stu ably running from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The dents, and a jeweled regulator, which is being content for the repair classes will be as flex designed within certain parameters of size but ible as they are here in Harrison. That is we which again, will be designed individually. The take all comers from absolute beginners to point in both cases, is that not only will we practiced hands and deal with problem clocks, build clocks that can last for centuries, (only required techniques, (bushing, pivoting, gear one hundred years to wait and you have a real replacement/repairs, escapement repair/re antique) but the students will be involved in placement etc.) and anything that comes un the design function so that they can carry on der the broad title of clock repair. from here and design their own clocks in the Clock making classes need to be future with nobody leaning over their handled differently simply because of the shoulder. amount of time taken up in practice, actual gear Up until about twenty years ago, al cutting, pinion making, cock and plate mak most any clock you bought, other than a quartz, ing, etc. I believe that the best way to tackle stood a very good chance of being passed that would be to split the course into three parts down the family from grandparents to grand with plenty of time between parts for the mem children. Whether cheap or expensive, the bers to carry out the work that they will be minimum life that could be fairly confidently doing in their home workshops. It also calls expected was more than one hundred years! 40 Horological Times • February 2003 They were not designed with the intention of lasting that long, but they were expected to last longer than ten or fifteen years, (in common with many other household THIS COULD items) and it was expected that they could be repaired when necessary. BE YOUR We still have Jerome's remarkably cheap thirty hour clocks from the early part of the 19th century. They LAST ISSUE OF are more than one hundred and fifty years old. Much sneered at as being "cheap" and mass-produced, they of HOROLOGICAL ten form a family link over more than five generations. The only way that you can buy such a family heirloom TIMESI today is either to look for an antique, a handmade clock from the few makers in the USA and Britain that are still working or- make your own! Have you paid your 2003 That is what we are doing here at Harrison in the AWl membership dues? evening classes -building antiques for the future. Clocks for our grandchildren and their grandchildren, with our Payment must reach AWl names on them, (the clocks not the children). The stan dards of workmanship will be variable according to the no later than February 17, 2003 to amount of time that individual students wish to invest in insure uninterrupted delivery of finishing techniques but then, that is always so. Many of Horological Times. the grandfather clocks from the 18th and 19th centuries do not display great craftsmanship, many in fact, show evi Call toll free 1-866-367-2924 ext. 302 dence of only moderate understanding of what the clockmaker was doing. It did not matter because the de to renew today! sign was established, certain rules were followed (often blindly) and the result was a robust machine that could cope with everything that a family could throw at it over the course of almost two hundred years. Our regulators will be made to a high standard because we want to achieve timekeeping accuracy of a matter of seconds in the month, but our ordinary timepieces will satisfy us if they are ac curate to a couple of minutes a week. As for the rest of this month's news; the home .... Clock repair study course is going well, we now have fifteen students signed up and more on the way; evening classes are cater ..., Restoration ing for about twenty local members. The point there is the ...,Clockmaking word 'local' - we would very much appreciate receiving ..., Laurie Penman ... enquiries for bench courses in other states, there are few ... and MORE! Every month at a special booked at the moment but we can do so much more if we price for AWl members of $74 (normal have the requests. price $79). Just ftll in the form below and send it to us at: Splat Publishing The information that we need in a request is: a ~iiiiiJilil:l Ltd, 28 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh schedule of the subjects that the members want covered, EHlO 4HU, UK. Tel: +44 131228 6388. an assured number of attendees, the number of days re Fax: +44 131 229 5550. E-mail: [email protected] quired, a venue arranged by the group secretary and ac ~~~~~;~~;:~~~~~~~~~~-n:::=.=-~~~=~~-~-~~~;~:~~ --==~~~1 I I I I commodation for the instructor arranged. l Address ...... f I I I I We can put together a schedule tailormade for any I I 1...... u.o ooo.ooouoo.o.ooo.o o o ooo ooooooo o oo o oo.o•••• r group - you only have to ask and provide a viable num j : ber of attendees. j ...... Zipcode ...... Country ...... ! I I l Cardholder's name (as it appears on the card) ...... l 0 I I I I l Card N• ...... Expiry date ...... ,. ... l I I I I Ls~=~~--~~:~~~·~::~==~~==·~==·~=~~:~::_~a~~~: . :.::~=·~·=:=:::·~-j Visit our" ebsite at: "" w.clocksmagazine.com February 2003 • Horological Times 41 AWl Evening Classes in Clock and Watch Repair American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute is Location: AWI Training Facility offering weekly evening classes (10 consecutive Wednes 701 Enterprise Drive days) in clock and watch repair. These will be basic in Harrison, OH 45030 structional classes, loosely structured to adapt to the needs Cost: $350 per 10-week session of the students. Registrants must be AWI members Watch and clock classes will run simultaneously ($72 yearly membership). Tool and on Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at the material costs are extra training facilities at AWl in Harrison, Ohio. For further information or to register for a class, contact Instructors: Laurie Penman, Clock Repair Nancy Wellmann, Education Coordinator 1-866-367-2924, Tom Schomaker, CMW, Watch Repair ext. 303 or e-mail: [email protected] 0 Schedule: Winter Session January 8, 2003 thru March 12, 2003 Spring Session April 30, 2003 thru July 2, 2003 AWl Home Study Course in Clock Repair Based on the original correspondence course written and administered by Laurie Penman, AWl's resident clock instructor, this course is constructed to provide information and instruction in a manner that is immediately useful in both learning and practicing clock repair. The course contains 16 lessons. At the completion of each lesson you will receive comments and suggestions from Laurie Penman, and a pass or fail grade. Those who achieve a pass grade in each section will receive a certificate of completion. Mr. Penman will be available to answer questions or offer suggestions to each student. The AWl Home Study Course in Clock Repair package contains all the material and information necessary to suc cessfully learn the fundamentals of clock repair, including The Clock Repairer's Handbook by Laurie Penman and a one-year subscription to Steven G. Conover's monthly publication, Clockmaker's Newsletter. Course participants will be invited to attend a 2-day meeting at AWl to confer with Mr. Penman and meet other students. AWl Members - $750 Non-members - $825 Contact Nancy Wellmann, AWl Education Coordinator E-mail: [email protected] Phone Toll Free 1-866-367-2924 ext. 303 or (513) 367-9800 42 Horological Times • February 2003 EDUCATION AWl BENCH COURSES Advanced Clock Repair Beginning Lathe Bench Courses Clock Case Repair To schedule a Bench Course in your area please contact AWl for complete information. A list of available Clock Escapements Bench Courses is printed here for your convenience. To register for Bench Courses, please mail, phone, fax or e-mail your registration and payment information to: American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute, Cuckoo Clock Repair 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030-1696; Toll Free 1-866-367-2924, Phone (513)367-9800, Fax (513) 367-1414, E-mail: [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: Registrations are limited and will be ETA Products selected by the earliest date received. Please include a check or charge card number (Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), card expiration date, signature and phone number. All registration fee Filing & Flat Polishing checks and charges are processed immediately upon receipt. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 30 DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE COURSE. • Indicates Bench Courses held in conjunction with a convention or purchased by an AWl Affiliate Chapter. For more information on these 400-Day Clock Repair specific courses, please refer to the contact information provided for each class. Hairspring Vibrating DATE CLASS INSTRUCTOR LOCATION FEE Introduction to American Pocket Watches MARCH 2003 Introduction to Clock Repair 29-30 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Alice Carpenter Seattle, WA $250.00 Introduction to Quartz Watch Repair APRIL 2003 12-13 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Alice Carpenter Pittsburgh, PA $250.00 Lathe Program 26-27 Mechanical Watch Repair Jim Lubic New York, NY $250.00 Mechanical Watch Repair MAY2003 3-4 Clock Escapement Jerry Faier Boston, MA $250.00 Micro Lathe Operations 17-18 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Atlanta, GA $250.00 Mechanical Chronograph JUNE 2003 Organize Your Work Habits for 14-15 Cuckoo Clock Repair Rick Dunnuck Madison , WI $250.00 Success 21-22 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Philadelphia, PA $250.00 Platform Escapements SEPTEMBER 2003 6-7 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Minneapolis, MN $250.00 Repair of the Atmos Clock 20-21 Clock Escapement Jerry Faier St. Louis, MO $250.00 Repair of the Bulova Accutron OCTOBER 2003 11-12 Cuckoo Clock Repair Rick Dunnuck Baltimore, MD $250 .00 Seiko Kinetic Quartz Watch Repair 18-19 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Alice Carpenter Nashville, TN $250.00 Sequential Chime NOVEMBER 2003 Servicing ETA Quartz Chronographs 8-9 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Dallas, TX $250.00 Striking Clocks A Study of the Deadbeat Escapement Swiss Auto Quartz February 2003 • Horological Times 43 BRASS clock parts refinished and clear coated. 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Elliott to (419) 241-4594. Times, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030. We also fit glass crystals to Openface, Hunting, and English WATCHMAKER chain drive watches. HELP WANTED 27 years experience with training at Rolex and other Swiss companies. Seeks employment or Complete watches, dials, subcontractor position in Cincinnati area. Reply movements, case springs for sale. to Box SW122002, c/o Horological Times, 701 Experienced Watchmaker Needed Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030. Salary up to $100,000 +Benefits G F Specialties WATCHMAKER 1-800-351-6926 Phone 248-723-5550 European experience, skilled in high quality Fax 248-723-5401 watches and clocks, seeks position or partner P.O. Box 170216 Contact: Mr. Efim Khankin ship in the Chicago area. (773) 283-6690 Milwaukee, WI 53217 danielsnowak@ameritech. net 46 Horological Times • February 2003 WATCH MATERIAL WE BUY ENTIRE DISTRIBUTORS Please call us if you are interested WATCH COLLECTIONS in selling your business. IT'S TIME All replies confidential. Call Toll Free TO SELL Contact Pat Cassedy Cas-Ker Co. (513) 674-7700 1-800-426-2344 A WATCH 203-366-2500 TOP PRICE-S PAID! ,( ROLEX • PATEK PHILIPP.! WANTED SPECIALTY METALS Gear cutters for watch wheel • pinion cut V (HERON & CO TA I REFINING AUDEMARS PIGUET ting. Adams Watch Repair (417) 257-1345. BREITII G • CARTIER COMPANY, INC. & OTHERS 1915 Black Rock Turnpike BUYING OLD ROLEX WATCHES When you're ready to sell Fairfield, CT 06430 Explorer, Submariner, Sea-Dweller, GMT, . Call Toll Free Milgauss, Bubbleback, Cosmograph, Chrono Members: 1-800-842-8625 graph, Speed King, Oyster, any partial watches, Ron Fried, Better Business Bureau Always prompt payment! movements, dials, crowns, signs, clocks, President anything Rolex. "/look forward to Jewelers Board ofT rade Call Don Meyer 1-800-833-3159 giving you honest and 209 Consecutive Ads reliable service." WANTED: Paying high prices for chronograph and high grade watches, movements, dials, CALL ME cases, & parts. Dean Samelle, 25 W. Beverley When you are ready to sell your movements, St., Staunton, VA 24401 , phone & fax (540) cases, dials, parts, or complete watches. 885-6064. Prompt, fair settlement. Will travel or pay ship ping. Mike Bailey, P.O. Box 1118, Elgin, IL 60121 or (847) 741-1289. We pay 97% of market for karat gold scrap (any amount)! Also, buy filings, gold fill, sweeps, silver, platinum! Immediate 24-hour payment BUYING WATCHMAKER ESTATES, TOOLS, return mail! Ship insured/registered mail to: MATERIAL, MOVEMENTS, POCKET WATCH AMERICAN METALS COMPANY, 253 King COLLECTIONS, in Midwest and Western USA. St., Dept. HT, Charleston, SC 29401. Estab Larry, [email protected], (970) 263-8807, lished 1960. Phone (803) 722-2073. Box 84, Whitewater, CO 81527. Huckabee Tutorials for Individual Study The Henry B. Fried Library has three volumes of self-study Lathe Exercises for the Clockmaker material written by J.M. Huckabee and edited and adapted by 95 pages, 232 color photos Charles E. Baldwin. The volumes are produced in color to This book is a companion volume to Huckabee's The Idea insure the clarity of the demonstrations. Each volume is limited Book of the Watchmakers Lathe. In this volume Huck shows to 3 copies. Copies may be borrowed from the library for a two practical examples of how to use the lathe in clock repair. He week period. moves from making simple parts, to tools, and on to the more difficult task of wheel, hub and arbor work. Other Huckabee tutorials available in black and white include: These techniques have been developed over more than a • Turning Between Centers half century of experience with lathes in a wide range of sizes. • A Tutorial Guide for the Clockmaker The practical illustrations are adapted to the typical watchmak • Clockmaking Illustrated: The Lathe, Steady Rest and ers lathe. Pivot Repair Repairing the American Clock Movement Requests should be sent to: AWl Library Requests, 701 111 pages, 232 color photos Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030-1696, Phone toll free The repair of the American antique clock is both an 1-866-367-2924 ext. 305, or (513) 367-9800, Fax (513) 367- adventure and a challenge. The material in this book has been 1414, e-mail: [email protected] prepared to provide instruction and guidance in the basics of clock movement repair. It was designed mainly for the A WI The Idea Book of the Watchmakers Lathe educational program for students involved in clockmaking. It 89 pages, 223 color photos may also serve as a self-study guide for those familiar with In this book Huck shares his fine collection of watchmak clock repair. ers lathes, accessories, tools and creative techniques. It is The work in this book is centered around a simple time excellent information and training material designed to sharpen only clock movement of the "box regulator type" manufac the lathe skills of the improving clockmaker. The lathes and tured in the first part of this century. Many of the repair tools illustrated range in age from 25 to 80 years. Well techniques may be adapted to movements of similar size and maintained tools of this type can have a useful life of several type, even though not identical to the example. generations. February 2003 • Horological Times 47 Advertisers' Index Borel & Co., Jules ...... 5 Frei & Borel ...... 13 McCaw Co., William S...... 3 (816) 421-6110 (510) 832-0355 (419) 243-3720 Butterworth Clocks, Inc ...... 21 Gaber & Company ...... 7 Primrose Supplies, Inc ...... 37 (800) 258-5418 (412) 322-8499 (801) 485-3908 Cas-Ker Co ...... inside back cover GRS Tools ...... 23 Samson Technology Corporation ...... 27 (513) 674-7700 (800) 835-3519 (954) 916-9322 Chronos/WCR ...... 35 International Watch Collectors Society ...... 29 Smith Supply House ...... 23 (303) 296-1600 (516) 374-5060 (213) 622-1687 Clocks ...... 41 S. LaRose, Inc ...... 33 Vibrograf U.S.A. Corp ...... 15 011 01 31 228 6638 (336) 621-1936 (516) 437-8700 Esslinger & Co ...... inside front cover Livesay's, Inc ...... 21 Witschi Electronics USA Ltd ...... 11 (651) 452-7180 (813) 229-2715 (800) 882-7977 Ferrell & Company ...... 25 Max ell Corp ...... back cover Zantech ...... 9 (213) 627-6031 (201) 794-5900 (800) 441-7569 AWl Employee Directory James E. Lubic, CMW Nancy L. Wellmann Gary Richards Executive Director Education Coordinator AWl-ELM Charitable Trust Education & Technical Director 1-866-367-2924 ext. 303 Development Director 1-866-367-2924 ext. 310 [email protected] 1-866-367-2924 ext. 315 [email protected] [email protected] Sharon McManus Lucy Fuleki Membership Coordinator Laurie Penman Assistant Executive Director 1-866-367-2924 ext. 302 Clock Instructor 1-866-367-2924 ext. 304 [email protected] 1-866-367-2924 ext. 318 [email protected] [email protected] Mary Huff Thomas J. 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